Seosan Mayor Lee Wanseop: "Daesan Petrochemical Complex Should Be Designated as a Preemptive Industrial Crisis Response Area"

Proposal at the Chungcheongnam-do Mayors and County Governors Council on the 11th
Joint Statement Adopted by 15 Mayors and County Governors Urging Action

The Chungcheongnam-do Mayors and Governors Council held on the 11th at Gyeryong City Culture and Arts Center. / Seosan City

Lee Wanseop, Mayor of Seosan City, Chungnam Province, strongly urged, "The crisis in the petrochemical industry is a crisis that seriously affects the entire national economy," and "the Daesan Petrochemical Complex in Seosan, one of the nation's three major petrochemical complexes, should be designated as a preemptive response area for industrial crisis."

On the 11th, Mayor Lee attended the Chungcheongnam-do Mayors and County Governors Council held at the Gyeryong City Culture and Arts Center and proposed a joint statement urging the designation of the Daesan Petrochemical Complex in Seosan as a preemptive response area for industrial crisis.

Chungnam Governor Kim Taeheum and 15 mayors and county governors adopted the joint statement, uniting their stance to call for the designation of the Daesan Petrochemical Complex in Seosan as a preemptive response area for industrial crisis.

The Daesan Petrochemical Complex in Seosan is one of the nation's three major petrochemical complexes and ranks second in petrochemical production capacity nationwide. It plays a pivotal role in the national petrochemical industry and is regarded as a key industrial complex driving not only the regional but also the national economy.

The scene of the Chungcheongnam-do Mayors and County Governors Council held on the 11th. / Seosan City

However, the petrochemical industry continues to stagnate due to oversupply from increased production facilities in China and the Middle East, raw material price instability, and the strengthening of carbon neutrality policies, making practical countermeasures urgently needed.

The city plans to continue making appeals to government ministries, in cooperation with Chungnam Province and related companies, to ensure the Daesan Petrochemical Complex is designated as a preemptive response area for industrial crisis.

If designated as a preemptive response area for industrial crisis, the government will provide financial and tax support, as well as policies to strengthen corporate competitiveness.

Mayor Lee Wanseop stated, "Active government-level support is urgently needed to overcome the crisis at the Daesan Petrochemical Complex in Seosan," and added, "We will seek various measures to overcome the industrial crisis along with appeals to government ministries."

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